The collected prayers, sermons, and spiritual musings of an Episcopal priest

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Prayer 430

Lord
Jesus, with sighs of gratitude we are drawn within your saving embrace:
with joy may we bear your love into the world.

May we make your Church
not just a place of refuge but a haven of justice, empowerment, and
peace.

Let us be known by our open-heartedness
and compassion in place of pride and hunger for power. Let us be known
by our love and faithfulness in the midst of selfishness and adversity.
Let us be known by our service to those poor in body or in spirit, that
we all know the abundance of Your mercy.

May we remember your tender
watchfulness over us, and lay before You the prayers of our hearts.